Making AR History - Spring 2023 North Carolina Amazing Ribs Pitmaster Club Meat-Up Page 2

[captainlee]

Wow, looks like a fantastic time for all. Glad everybody had a safe trip. So many great restaurants in that area!

[WayneT]

Indeed there were. I was even pleasantly surprise at how great the food was at East of Texas. I learned a lot myself.

[gboss]

Album cover.

[JCBBQ]

Blue. Obviously Pit Crips. Let’s take a stand against gang related material!!

[acorgihouse]

Forgive me, but doesn't this look like The Sopranos on vacation?

[Richard Chrz]

This what witness protection looks like…

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

It's been a fantastic weekend, can't wait to do this again.

[WayneT]

Succinctly but well said. I’d suggest you start planning it now. This group is impatient. Hope you got home safely.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

WayneT I'm still near Burlington waiting on a part to fix my Hummer hopefully be back on the road soon

[WayneT]

Oh no! Hope that gets fixed soon!

[WayneT]

gboss on bartender duty making us all Mint Juleps on Kentucky Derby Day. Cheers!

[gboss]

DavidNorcross WayneT I appreciate the kind words, and I was glad to be able to contribute in some small way. It was mostly forethought and not a lot of effort, especially in comparison to what others contributed.

[Sid P]

By Saturday afternoon I already knew that gboss was one of the lives of the party. I should have kept tabs on him just to see what else came out of his trunk 👏👏👍👍🤘🤘.

[Panhead John]

Can’t believe all this! I go outta my way to bring Coors Light for everyone and not one compliment!

[smokin fool]

I've been living vicariously thru the posts on this thread.
A well planned and organized event and it looks like y'all are having a hoot.
Hopefully one day I can make it down for the hijinks.
I'd organized Southern Ontario meet up excepting for one problem....there ain't but two pits worth a damn in this dump and there hours apart....

[Donw]

Yep, one is in your backyard and the other is across the border in rlozinak ‘s 🙂

[gboss]

That place you took me to was decent, I'm guessing that's one of the two.

[smokin fool]

gboss Yessiree, Memphis Fire BBQ would be top of the list followed by Cherry Street BBQ.
Strode's BBQ and Big Bone BBQ get mentioned but both only do pulled pork and pork ribs, no brisket, so not in the same class as the top two.

[yakima]

Amigos, this has been great vicarious fun. Three major events this weekend: Coronation, Derby, and NC Meat-Up. I confess following the latter most closely.

But there was one unsettling issue, seeing actual pictures of Panhead John. Not sure what I was expecting, but he looked like a normal aging guy. I was not equating "normal" with him. Live and learn.

[DavidNorcross]

Photoshop......trust me.

[WayneT]

Doesn’t Botox count as inflatable?

[Mosca]

Oh, he is fine until he starts talking.

[rlozinak]

Looks like a good time was had by all. Wish I could have been there, but there is always next time. Thanks for the pics and stories

[MBMorgan]

From Panhead John : "Aging?!?! They caught me without my makeup……"

It's true:

[WillTravelForFood]

When clowns were CLOWNS. Lou Jacobs was a legend

[klflowers]

Looks like everyone had a great time. I hate I wasn't able to make it.

[Jim White]

You were definitely missed!

[RonB]

We're gonna hold ya to that.

[WayneT]

If you ever come over this way, text or call me and we will hit up a few places together.

[Jim White]

Had an incredible time today with Mosca at the Carolina BBQ Fest. We got a great tip on easy free parking from CaptainMike who got there ahead of us. Tom had his real camera with him and will post the good pics later, but here’s a little preview.

Right as we came in we were greeted by this awesome cooker of Bryan Furman’s.

Bryan was offering St. Louis cut ribs with a mustard peach sauce. An interesting twist is he smoked as spares (90 racks!!) and cut down after cooking. Here is Bryan cutting down a rack.
I asked for only one end sauced and got a piece of trimming, too.


Just outstanding. The sauce was perfect and now I wish I had asked for sauce on the whole rib.

[ofelles]

That Shasta trailer in the next to last pic brings back memories.

[Mosca]

I have about 70 photos, I started a new topic for them.

[CaptainMike]

ofelles that caught my eye as well.

[BKYDBBQ]

Made it back to Virginia without incident...

I want to give a shout out to WayneT and the rest of the party planning committee. This was an amazing event.

It was great meeting everyone and talking BBQ, and all of the other topics that came up.

Hopefully, we will cross paths again in the future...

[Clawbear57]

Chris nice meeting you since we live close we will have to get up again.

[gboss]

Great to meet you!

[WayneT]

Glad you joined us and got back home safely, Moose. As I remember, you were one of the first to commit to coming.

[Steve B]

Just finished reading every single reply and comment. Truly wished I could have attended. Looks like a great time was had by all.
I’m gonna patiently watch for the next meat up and hope I can make it.
Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences and great pics.

[WayneT]

We definitely need the Empire State represented at the next meat-up. Stay tuned.

[Clawbear57]

Well I'm glad to have met everyone here at the meat-up. To put faces to names was really great. I hope that there will be one in others regions. Thanks for all who came and helped to make friendships closer.

[CaptainMike]

This was a pretty special few days for all of us. I'm so happy to have met you, you are one of the kindest men I know.

[RonB]

It was great meating you too.

[WayneT]

Brother James, thank you so much for all your help and support. I hope you hand as much fun as I did helping to plan the shenanigans. Let’s get together soon to reminisce and eat some more Q.

[BourBonQ]

Bravo! Very envious!

[WayneT]

You definitely need to make it to the next one. You will not regret it.

[Jim White]

Now that most of you hooligans are gone, the Hampton broke out my favorite breakfast this morning.

[WayneT]

I asked the hotel kitchen staff to do that just for you Jim. 🤣

[DavidNorcross]

Man...I would have liked that!

[Huskee]

I'll admit I really like those hot free breakfasts. I am but a simple man.